Businesses of course can't actually invest in the lottery -that would be contrary to the terms of their loan -but they can do similar things.

当然了,企业是不能拿贷款去买彩票的,这会有悖于贷款的合同条款,但他们可能会去做类似的事

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But if you need a slave representing your business, and you live in Rome and you need somebody in Ostia, the port city of Rome, to be able to be there and watch your imports and your exports of your business, you need someone who can sign contracts, who can lend money, who can borrow money, who can do things like that.

如果你需要一名奴隶代理你的生意，如果你住在罗马，需要有人，在罗马奥斯蒂亚港口,照看你的进出口生意，就得要能签合同，可以放债贷款，及其他类似事务的人。

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If you buy a house and you don't pay the mortgage, the contract says you lose the house-- you're out--you've got to pay or it goes back to the mortgage originator.

如果你抵押贷款买房,却没有还房贷,贷款合同规定,你将被取消赎回权,失去房子,所以你必须偿还贷款,否则你的原始贷款人就会收回房子

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